Syria is holding parliamentary elections across government-controlled areas of the country on Sunday, as President Bashar al-Assad marks 20 years in power amid a continuing war and deep economic woes. More than 2,000 candidates, including businessmen under recently-imposed United States...

Syrians voted Sunday to elect a new parliament as the Damascus government grapples with international sanctions and a crumbling economy after retaking large parts of the war-torn country. More than 7,400 polling stations opened across government-held parts of Syria, including for the first...

(Zaman Al Wasl)- The German cultural and media circles celebrated Leiser Schrei, the second novel by the young Syrian writer Sulafa Kafi, 18, in German after her novel "Zwei Secunden". When she was 10-year-old, Sulafa moved with her family from the city of Derik (Al-Malikiyah) in...

Three more bodies were recovered on Saturday from a lake in eastern Turkey where a boat sank late last month, carrying dozens of irregular migrants. Rescue teams continue efforts to recover the remaining bodies from Lake Van, where a boat carrying up to 60 people sank on June 27....